808. When Memory Fades

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Text Information
First Line: When memory fades and recognition falters
Title: When Memory Fades
Author: Mary Louise Bringle (2000)
Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Aging; Living and Dying in Christ
Copyright: © 2002 GIA Publications, Inc
ONE LICENSE: 05746
Tune Information
Name: FINLANDIA
Composer: Jean Sibelius (1899)
Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Arr. The Hymnal, 1933, alt.
Copyright: Arr. © 1933, ren. 1961 Presbyterian Board of Christian Education (admin. Westminster John Knox Press)


Text Information:

Especially in developed countries, people are living longer than in earlier eras, yet many abilities do not endure through these added years. This text affirms that although our human memories fade and our human arms weaken, the memory and arms of God uphold us everlastingly.


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